MATERIALS AND METHODS Spleen scans were performed after intravenous administration
of 50@ Ciof BomTcsulfur colloid per kilogram of body weight. On patients seen on mul tiple …

DISCUSSION In normal or abnormal locations splenic tissue cannot be evaluated well by
physical examination. For this reason, visualization of the spleen by radio nuclide scanning …

Practically all prior investigations of the effect of therapy upon the spleen of patients with
leukemias and lymphomas have been limited to studies made at autopsy. It is the purpose of …

Applications of splenic irradiation in various diseases are discussed and the attendant
hazards are described. The normal organ can be irradiated to high dosage with no apparent …

Five cases are presented in which intrasplenic defects, noted on Tc-99m sulfur colloid
imaging, had at least partially regressed on follow-up studies. One, representing splenic …

RESULTS Decreased splenic uptake. In 24 scans the uptake of radiocolloid by the spleen
was decreased in com parison with the uptake by the liver; the bone marrow delineation was …

Abstract A Tc-99m HMPAO WBC study, in an 84-year-old woman, showed mottled uptake in
the posterior left upper quadrant. This finding corresponded to splenosis. However, despite …

Scintigraphy has been used in the diag-nosis of upper abdominal trauma for two decades4
These initial descriptions of liverspleen scintigraphy in trauma were followed by several …

MATERIALS AND METHODS These studies had the approval of the Human In vestigation
Committee. The intravenous injection of 9OmTcsulf@ rcolloid (ER SquibbCo.) wasmade …

> The following conclusions are drawn from an investigation of splenic scintillation scanning
in a series of patients with normal or diseased spleens: The splenic scintillation scan …